Cigar-box glass-cover-locking device and wooden-cigar-box cover protector



Sept. 7 1926. v 1,599,302

P. SUKERT V CIGAR BOX GLASS COVER LOCKING DEVICE AND WOODEN CIGAR BOX COVER PROTECTOR Filed Dec. 2. 1925 4 (5 "fan/Mal owjig.

Patented Sept. 7 1926.

UNITED STATES ,Pma-Em; Fries,

PHILIP SUKERT, or CHICAGO, rLLinorsf;

CIGAR-BOX GLASS'COVEB'LOCKWG DEVICE AND yvooDEn-eIGAn-Box COVER:

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Application filed December 2, 1925. Serial No. 72,829; I I

This invention relates to attachments for cigar boxes, and more particularly to what I term a cigar box glass cover locking device and wooden cigar box cover protector.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a device of simple and inexpensive construction which can be readily applied to the wooden covers or lids of cigar boxes in such manner as to effectually H brace the cover during handling of the box,

this means, also serving to normally hold the cover in open position. A further object is" to provlde a device of the character stated including simple and efficient means for locking the wooden cover or lid against rearward movement, such locking means being positioned in the rear of the box so as not to be readily accessible from the front thereof. Further objects will appeartrom the detailed description.

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Fig. l is an elevation of the device as applied taken from the rear ofthe box.

Fig. 2 is a section taken substantially on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section taken substantially on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the box showing the device as applied.

The device'is intended to be applied to a cigar-box 1 of standard construction, thisbox including a wooden cover ,or lid 1 hinge dly secured to thebox in a known man;

ner'. The device includes two telescoping members 2 and 3 of channel cross section provided at their outer ends with hook shaped elements 2" and 3 respectively, these elements being adapted for engagement about the end portions of the box lid 1 brace plate 4 is hingedly secured at its lower end to a locking block 5 of shallow box-like construction by means of a pintle 6. A looking bar 7 of angle cross section is associated with a key '8 which is threaded upon a screw 9 passing through aligned slots 9 in the S420 tions 2 and 3 of the telescopingmembers, these slots extending lon 'tudinally of the members. The key 8, con orms in cross section to the crosssection oflocking bar 7 and fits snugly therein. The device is applied by turning bar 7 in a counter-clockwise direction asconsidered in Fig. 1 so as to thread this bar and the key 8 off'fof screw 9 sufiiciently to permit relative movement of the sections 2 and 3. After this has been done the sections areextended so as to fit about lid 1, after which the two sections are moved towardeach other so as to cause I the hook elements 2 and 3 to engage about" the lower end portions of the lid. The locking bar is then threaded onto the screw 9 so as to causebinding between sections '2 and 3.. VVhen this bar is turned into verti cal position as illustrated it extends-across the hinge connection between brace plate 4 and locking block 5 so as to effectually hold thesefmembers against relative movement about pintle 6. This holds lid 1 of the'boxin vertical or open-position and etiectually locks the'lid against downward and rearward movement. move the lid 1 downwardly andrearwardly bar 7 is turned in a counter-clockwise direc tion as considered'in Fig. 1 into horizontal position, thus permitting relative movement between plate at andblock 5- about pintle 6, which permits the lid to be moved down wardly and rearwardly of the box into sub- I {stantially the dotted line'position illustrated in Fig. 4, during which'movement the block 5; is moved upwardly into substantially-the position indicated. It is also to be noted that the plate tjextends towithin a short distance of the upper edge of lid 1. In handling the box the plate 4 and lid 1 are grasped sothat this plate acts to very materially'reinforce the lid and eliminates danger of breakage thereof.

This device is intended more particularly to be'used in connection with a closure memher or cover of glass or other suitable transparent material which is secured to lid 1 in any suitable or'preterred way and in such manner that when the 'lid] 1 is tilted rearwardly beyond vertical position the, cover or closure member will be raised so as ,to permit access to the box. Preferably the clolVhenit is desired to Y sure member or cover is secured to the lid win the manner disclosed in my application for cigar box moistener and cover, executed May 5, 1926, though this cover may be se cured to the lid for movement therewith in any other suitable manner. In Fig. 431 have indicated the cover 10 in the position which it occupieswhen the lid 1* is moved downwardly and rearwardly into the position indicated by dotted lines. hen the lid l is raised into vertical positionthe cover 10 fits over the box so as to .close the same. 2

By turning locking bar 7 into vertical position the lid 1 is lockedagainst downward and rearward movement thus locking the cover 10 in closed position. This effectually prevents the box from being surreptitie ously opened and cigars abstracted therefrom by unauthorized persons.

To release cover 1 for opening the box, locking bar 7 is turned into horizontal position in the manner previously stated, the key 8 facilitating turning of the bar. Preferably, though not necessarily, the bar 7 and key 8 are sufficiently loose on screw 9 to permit the bar to turn downwardly by gravity into looking or vertical position when 'it-is released. This insures that the bar is normally in looking positionso as to loclr the lid 1 against downward and rearward movement. It is also preferred to provide the locking bar 7 with aplurality of spaced openings, as illustrated in Fig. 1, for reception of screw 9. The bar can thus be adjusted to suit boxes of different heights and, as the members 2 and 3 can be adjusted toward and away from each other, this adapts the device for attachment to boxes of various sizes.

What I claim is:

l. Ina device of the character stated, two hingedly connected members, means for attaching one of said members to a cigar bor: lid, and means for locking said members against relative movement about their hinged connection.

2, In a device of the character stated, a brace plate, a locking block hinged at itsupper end to the lower end of the brace plate, means for attaching the plate to'the lid of the cigar box, and a locking bar pivoted to the plate and movable into and out of position to extend across the hinged connection between the plate and the block.

a device of the character described, a n ember adapted for attachment to a cigar box lid, a brace plate carried by said memher, a locking block hingedlysecured at its upper end to the lower end of the plate, and a locking bar pivotally connected to the plateand movable into and out or" position to extend across the hinged connection between the plate and the blocln 4-. In a device of the character stated, two telescoping members having elements adapted for engagement about the end portions a cigar box lid, said members being aligned slots, a brace platev'disposed "transversely of the telescopingmembers, a

locking block hingedly secured to the plate, a pivot member extending through the brace plate and the slots of the telescoping members, and a locking bar mounted on the pivot member and movable into and out of position to extend acrossthe hinge connection otthe plate and the block.

hinged connection between said plate and 1e bloclr. V

6. In device o'fthecharacter stated, two telesco g members having at their outer ends elements adapted for engagement about the end portions of a cigar box lid, said members being provided with aligned slots,

a brace plate disposed transversely of the telescoping members, a screw passing through the brace plate and through the slots of the telescoping members, a locking block .hingedly secured to the lower end of the brace plate, and a locking bar'threaded on the screw and movable into and out of position to extend across the hinge connection between the plate and said block. '7

PHILIP SUKERT. 

